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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
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French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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By the work one knows the workman.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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